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Texas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons

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The curriculum—designed by the state’s public education agency—would allow teachings from the Bible such as the Golden Rule and lessons from books such as Genesis into classrooms. Under the plan, it would be optional for schools to adopt the curriculum though they would receive additional funding if they did so.

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

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A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is “unconstitutional on its face,” a federal judge ruled, ordering state education officials not to take steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state of his decision.

Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, batting away criticism of the move days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.

10 years after Ferguson, Black students still are kicked out of school at higher rates

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Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before—he’d never even received detention.

School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools

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In the Florida panhandle, one tiny district plans to consolidate its last three stand-alone elementary schools into one campus because there aren’t enough students to cover the costs of keeping the doors open.

Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class

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Years after COVID-19 upended American schooling, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance, according to data collected by The Associated Press and Stanford University educational economist Thomas Dee.

Georgia superintendent says Black studies course breaks law against divisive racial teachings

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Until now, Richard Woods, the state’s elected Republican superintendent, hadn’t explained why he was blocking approval of the course. Some districts have said they will teach it anyway, but others have canceled their plans.

The GOP platform calls for ‘universal school choice.’ What would that mean for students?

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Education experts across the political spectrum interpret the GOP platform’s wording as favoring the type of approach adopted in states like West Virginia and Ohio, which make available taxpayer-funded vouchers, or scholarships, that can follow a child regardless of income to any public or private school.

Discipline used in Kansas’ largest school district was discriminatory, the Justice Department says

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Educators in Wichita Public Schools discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

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Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation allowing school districts to have volunteer chaplains to counsel students to Oklahoma’s top education official ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons.

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